A Little Snow In Your Future

That! Don’t ask that! Don’t ask a question already seeded with the wrong answer. And, no, it’s not going to be all that bad this weekend.

What have I missed? Where have I gone wrong? The time between preparing a forecast and seeing the actual weather is stressful. I’ve been snippy on days like this. Please don’t ask loaded questions!

“So it’s going to be really bad this weekend?”

That! Don’t ask that! Don’t ask a question already seeded with the wrong answer.

And, no, it’s not going to be all that bad this weekend.

I worked with Dan Amarante and Bob Cox this afternoon. I chatted twice with Rachel Frank who like all of us worries about her forecast… even on her days off. It’s good to have other people around to brainstorm the details.

We’re all of a like mind. This storm isn’t a big deal. Most areas will see 1-3″ with a little more in Southeastern Connecticut and along the I-395 corridor.

I chatted with a friend from another station as I drove to work today. We were talking about the explosion of data available to meteorologists. It’s a fire hose! There’s more than humans can absorb. We have to pick and choose what we consider and then hope we don’t overlook anything important.

In TV snow trumps everything–even this little snow. There might be more impact from the bitter, windy cold night that will follow, but it has to take a back seat.

When snow is in the forecast that’s all you want to hear about. I get it.

You will be served.

6 thoughts on “A Little Snow In Your Future”

  1. 🙂 Thank you Geoff! I know meteorologists have a tough job, especially in the winter! I understand snow is a hard forecast to make, and people seem to want a solid, definite number (which i’m sure is next to impossible to peg!). You’re allowed to be snippy and stressed! Have Helaine bake you some yummy chocolate cookies! Or just go home and snuggle that absolutely adorable Doppler! 🙂

  2. Geoff,

    You are the ONLY one who got the forecast right last night! Your goober replacement over at Channel 8 was calling for 3-5″ in the SE portion of CT as of 11:15. You didn’t even put up any snow amounts! You said a coating to 1″ AT BEST! The “StormTeam8” crew should be embarrassed. So glad you are in a better spot at Fox. Channel 8 has gone downhill faster than Mitt Romney’s poll numbers…

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